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[QUOTE="JustE32007"]Xbox 720 NobuoMusicMaker

Blu-ray is Sony so I don't think so. Perhaps a new version of HD-DVD?

Sony doesn't exactly disallow the use of BluRay. If MS wants BluRay, the BDA will let them. It'd just be that Sony gets some money out of it. And it'd be hilariously a shaming of Xbox. :lol:

they said a while ago that in the future which ever HD format comes out on top and is a standard (if ever) they will chose that format for the benefit of the consumers.

I like it....But I'm starting to feel like Bungie is portraying Master Chief as Jesus....Hermitkermit

uhh...who do you think is in the armor dude!!!!
:)

Ok, this is how its going to go. Everyone will attempt to build a PC capable of playing games at the level you see on consoles or greater. Hopefully after we put to test some of the common misconceptions regarding the price of PC gaming, we will no longer see ridiculous statements like "But you need a $3000 computer to play it blah blah blah.."

Some sites you could use:
www.Newegg.com
www.TomsHardware.com
www.Geeks.com
www.tigerdirect.com

The PC I built..

Intel Pentium D(Dual Core) 2.66Ghz LGA 775: $75 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116001R
ECS Intel Motherboard: $45 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135052
Crosshair ValueSelect 2Gb: $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146580
EXCELSTOR Jupiter HDD 80Gb: $37 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822210003
POWMAX computer case: $30 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811145047
SpecResearch MKS KB/M: $11 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823157015
EVGA 7950GT 512MB GDDR3: $243 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130066
DCT factory speakers: $8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836131013
POWMAX 480W power supply: $12.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817163027
Windows XP home SP2B: $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116056


Spend $622 and you have a PC that will play PC's most technical game, Crysis in DX9 well(And some of the things I mentioned are not even needed to run Crysis at a level unreachable by consoles; Processor, RAM, 80Gb HDD etc.). If you wont better accessorys then you can allocate the price of the GPU to other places or spend a little bit more which makes the value of your PC increase aswell, I say this because I know some fanboys like to talk about how valuable the PS3 is with its included BD drive. Even at $600 the PC can do more than the PS3, opt for a PC BD drive and the price gets steeper but so does the value.

I mean sure, it may be more up front but lets get more technical since people like to throw monthly power usage and the price of XBL for a year into the mix.
Since PC games retail for $10 less than console games lets start there..

$622(The PC) ---- $600 (The PS3)
Game 1: $50/$672 Game 1: $60/$660
Game 2: $50/$722 Game 2: $60/$720
Game 3: $50/$772 Game 3: $60/$780
Game 4: $50/$822 Game 4: $60/$830

Might as well stop here since you can see where this is going PS3 actually cost more than a PC thats equal or greater in performance and it does so much more. X360 even would ultimately cost more if you where to keep going with the chart.

Its almost impossible for me to build a $3000 PC..I challenge the n00bs to try it and see how ridiculous their statements are.

Pro_wrestler

i built a pc that was 3600, but only because i made it absolutley insane, but I have no problem with spending that kind of money on my pc. A PC is an investment, it does SO much more than play games. PCs CAN get expensive, but it's not like what other people think.

[QUOTE="supersaiyan039"]It will get AAA, why does everyone want halo to fail.resistancemang

everyone is tired of the same old dull crap over and over again

please tell me how it's, "the same old dull crap"?

[QUOTE="pilotc"]Dude the press only got to play the first level. You can't judge a whole game by the first level. Please grow up.eastside49er

From what I have been reading, every one was impressed with the demo of the SP, which was shown to the press. I don't think any one played it, but I could be wrong.

you're right, no one has got a hands on demo yet. but they had it played infront of them

I'm a bigtime Halo fan but, from all the impressions on gaming sites and on from forums around the net, and editors who's played the game, Halo 3 will score at most AA at most, that's around 8.0-8.5.

Not many gaming editors were impressed with the game when they played the single player, they said ther'e's nothing new to it, and other games coming out looks better than Halo 3.

The two IGNXbox360 editors even said they will pass on Halo 3, because it just simply doesn't look fun to play at all. Now, with that and then the many complaints from beta testers about how dissapointing the mutli player beta was, Halo 3 will sure get an AA, heck without the name and hype around it, it'd be lucky to score an A. Fabreeze121

fakeboy FTL!!! you just made a thread about how the UNANNOUNCED unkown new IP for the ps3 from rockstar is only possible on the ps3...

and I'd like to see links to everything you claimed. because every preview i have seen everyone loved the look of it and had only good things to say.

I'll wait while you get those links for me.

Remember when GTA3 came out for the PS2, and it completely revolutionized that era and generation? And then it set the bar for free roaming game, besically tons of GTA3 clones came out afterwards. Trying to mimic the gameplay of the GTA franchise but none came close.IE Crackdown.

Well I think with Rockstar's exclusive new franchise for the PS3, Rockstar wants to make a leap as big as the leap from the PS1 GTAs, to GTA3 on PS2. They don't want to add only incremental gameplay improvements and bigger environments to roam. They are already refining gameplay of what they've already done many times last gen, with more things to do, that's what GTAIV is for.

With the new Franchise, I think Rockstar wants to revolutionize gaming again, like GTA3 did from the PS2 era. And the only way that's possible is with the power of the PS3. Mark my words, Rockstar will create a brand new game so revolutionary, it will set the bar again, like GTA3 did. And then there will be many games coming out that will try to mimic and clone the gameplay. That's why Rockstar wants to make the new franchise exclusive to the PS3 platform, they're holding nothing back and going all out on the PS3 making something that the other systems won't be able to do.

Fabreeze121

what does any of that have to do with GTA? You didn't post any reasons why it will be only possible on the ps3. you made a new account to post...this?

And rockstar has good games...but some of them are very mediocre and it could just be another good game but nothing revoultionary like gta was. I think you're 100% wrong. :) good day.

[QUOTE="tango90101"]

are you serious? :lol:

it's called the business model that both sony and ms are using.

so far, sce has lost over 2 billion on the ps3 at only 6 months on the market....

ms will see a profit waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before sony ever does on their console...;)

Lividrecca

Guess your one of the few that still believes in santa ? And in the eastern bunny? Anyway your WRONG!

hahahahaha, EASTERN bunny? hahahahaha omg.im saving that quote. hahahahahaa

you think microsoft is making money on the xbox 360 yet they've lost $6 billion dollars total since the launch of the original xbox.... well buddy i already put a link for you to digest. yet you still throw it away and disregard the facts. just like microsoft-- its fanboys are too very ignorant.progenitorvirus

http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2006/11/sonys_loss_is_a.html

read that link then come back to me, once again, you're wrong.

[QUOTE="KAS3Y_JAM3Z"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"][QUOTE="MADVLAD123"]They're making profit. They've broken even a LONG time ago. I think it's something like 200 dollars for every console.progenitorvirus

they have lost money, yes. So has sony, and sony LOSES money on every ps3 sold. ms MAKES money for every 360 they sell, do you know what that's called. That's what we call a PROFIT, you see how that works? Sony has already lost plenty, and the ps3 hasn't even been out that long. MS makes more money on the 360, sony loses money on every ps3 sold.

MS makes plenty of profit, no matter how much they lose, they make money from vista, OS's, windows mobile, the 360 still makes them money. you're still wrong.

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6442819.html